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Study Stack5 - AJ

HEI (Human Environment Interaction)

Term

Definition

Global Warming

a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants

Greenhouse Gases

a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation

Greenhouse Effect

the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface

Acid Rain

rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes

Pollution

the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects

Adapt

make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose

Depend

Depend is to be controlled or determined by or rely on

Modify

make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme